Anthurium plant named ‘Antholyl’

ABSTRACT

A new  Anthurium  plant particularly distinguished by having bright-red, durable spathes that slowly turn brown-red with age, dark-green, durable leaves, a long erect peduncle, rich shoot formation, flowers early and continuously throughout the year, an erect and full plant habit and a plant height of 45 cm to 55 cm, is disclosed.

Genus and species: Anthurium andreanum L.

Variety denomination: ‘Antholyl’.

BACKGROUND OF THE NEW PLANT

The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar ofAnthurium, botanically known as Anthurium andreanum L., and hereinafterreferred to by the cultivar name ‘Antholyl’. The new cultivar originatedfrom a hybridization made in 2000 in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands. Thefemale parent was a red Anthurium pot plant ‘Anthepedi’ (U.S. Plant Pat.No. 18,644), while the male parent was a red Anthurium pot plant‘99-1878-02’ (unpatented).

The new cultivar was selected in 2002 from the results of thehybridization and has been asexually reproduced repeatedly by tissueculture in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands over a five-year period. Thepresent invention has been found to retain its distinctivecharacteristics through successive asexual propagations.

Plant Breeder's Rights for this cultivar were applied with the EuropeanUnion on Jan. 26, 2007. ‘Antholyl’ has not been made publicly availablemore than one year prior to the filing of this application.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following are the most outstanding and distinguishingcharacteristics of this new cultivar when grown under normalhorticultural practices in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands.

-   -   1) Bright-red, durable spathes with a typical very weakly        blistered surface;    -   2) Dark-green glossy leaves that have a slightly undulated        surface;    -   3) Peduncle which holds the inflorescence just above the        foliage;    -   4) Rich shoot formation;    -   5) Compact plant habit;    -   6) Flowers early and continuously throughout the year; and    -   7) Is a compact potplant, with a plant height of 45 cm to 55 cm.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

This new Anthurium plant is illustrated by the accompanying photographswhich show the overall plant habit including blooms, buds and foliage ofthe plant; the colors shown are as true as can be reasonably obtained byconventional photographic procedures. The photographs are of a 48-weekold plant grown in a greenhouse in Bleiswijk, The Netherlands in 2007.

FIG. 1 shows the overall plant habit, including blooms, buds andfoliage.

FIG. 2 shows the mature spathe.

DESCRIPTION OF THE NEW CULTIVAR

The following detailed description sets forth the distinctivecharacteristics of ‘Antholyl’. The data which define thesecharacteristics were collected from asexual reproductions carried out inBleiswijk, The Netherlands. The plant history was taken on 48-week oldplants which were planted from tissue culture in 17-cm pots and grown ina glass greenhouse between 19° C. and 24° C. Observations were made inNovember of 2007. Color readings were taken under 5000 lux natural lightin the greenhouse. Color references are primarily to the R.H.S. ColourChart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London (R.H.S.) (2001).

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

-   Classification:    -   -   Family.—Araceae.        -   Botanical.—Anthurium andreanum L.        -   Common name.—Anthurium.        -   Cultivar name.—‘Antholyl’.-   Parentage:    -   -   Female parent.—‘Anthepedi’, a red-flowered Anthurium plant            (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 18,644).        -   Male parent.—‘99-1878-02’, a red-flowered Anthurium plant            (unpatented).-   Propagation:    -   -   Propagation.—Tissue culture.        -   Root description.—Fleshy cream roots with smaller hairy            lateral roots; root-tips are yellow.        -   Time to produce a finished flowering plant.—45 to 50 weeks            for a 17 cm pot.-   Plant:    -   -   Growth habit.—Herbaceous perennial.        -   Height (measured from soil, including inflorescence).—45 cm            to 55 cm.        -   Width (measured from leaf tips).—50 cm to 55 cm.-   Leaves:    -   -   Immature leaves.—Length: 11 cm to 13 cm. Width: 7 cm to            10 cm. Color: Upper surface: RHS 137A (green). Lower            surface: RHS 146B. Texture (both upper and lower surfaces):            Very shiny.        -   Mature leaves.—Length (fully expanded): 24 cm to 26 cm.            Width: 13 cm to 16 cm. Shape: Elliptical-cordate, weakly            cupped. Apex: Acuminate. Base: Cordate. Leaf blade angle            with the petiole: Between 100 degrees and 120 degrees. Leaf            margin: Entire. Color: Upper surface: RHS 139A (green).            Lower surface: RHS 146B (light-green). Texture (both upper            and lower surfaces): Shiny, leathery and thick and slightly            undulated. Venation: Palmately pinnate; the mid-vein and            primary veins (the veins which radiate out from junction of            petiole and leaf) protrude at the underside of the leaf            blade. Venation color: Upper surface: RHS 137C (green).            Lower surface: RHS 145A (light green).        -   Lobes/wings.—Arrangement: Leaf blade has two big lobes            extending past the petiole. Length of the lobes: free to            slightly incurved but not touching. Length of lobes of            mature leaf blades: 5 cm to 6.5 cm. Width of lobes of mature            leaf blades: 5 cm to 7 cm. Distance for petiole/leaf            junction to highest point on lobes of mature leaf blades:            6.5 cm to 8 cm. Color lobe/wing upper surface: RHS 139A.            Color lobe/wing lower surface: RHS 146B.        -   Petiole.—Cross-section: Round. Diameter: 0.4 cm to 0.6 cm.            Length: 21 cm to 26 cm for a mature leaf-size. Color: Mature            leaf: Between RHS 138A and RHS 146A. Immature leaf: RHS            146B. Cataphyl color surrounding the petiole: Outside: RHS            146B (green) with a small reddish tip or rim (RHS181D).            Inside: RHS 147C (green). Geniculum (A small “knee-like”            structure or joint below the leaf blade that connects the            leaf blade to the peduncle and only very slightly            distinguishable from the petiole.): Length is 2.0 cm to 2.5            cm, width is 0.4 cm to 0.6 cm, color is approximately RHS            146B.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Arrangement.—Single.        -   Flowering habit (length of flowering season).—Continuous.        -   Number of inflorescences per plant.—6 to 8.        -   Fragrance.—Absent.        -   Longevity on the plant.—Over one year.        -   Longevity as a cut flower.—Not observed.-   Spathe:    -   -   Buds.—The spathe is tightly rolled around the spadix and            extrudes from the peduncle sheath. After the spathe is fully            opened the peduncle elongates some extra centimeters.        -   Arrangement.—Spathe angle with the peduncle is between 90            degrees and 110 degrees; the spathe stands on a slightly            curved wiry peduncle about 5 cm to 8 cm above the foliage.        -   Shape.—Oblong-cordate.        -   Apex.—Mucronate tip.        -   Base.—Cordate.        -   Margin.—Smooth (entire).        -   Texture.—Very slightly blistered.        -   Lobes.—Touching.        -   Size.—Length: 11 cm to 13 cm. Width: 9 cm to 12 cm.        -   Color.—Just fully open: Upper surface: RHS 45A (red). Lower            surface: RHS 45B (red). 7 to 8 weeks after opening: RHS 46A.            14 to 16 weeks after opening: The whole spathe slowly turns            darker (starting from the veins in the lobes) to RHS 185A            (brown-purple).-   Peduncle:    -   -   Shape.—Erect.        -   Cross-section.—Round.        -   Length.—28 cm to 39 cm.        -   Diameter.—0.4 cm to 0.6 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 146B (green) at unrolling of spathe, slowly            turning RHS 166C (brown) when spathe matures.-   Flowering time:    -   -   General.—One small rooted untreated tissue culture plant of            2 cm tall will flower, depending on season, and after 9 to            10 months 2 to 3 blossoms appear. More blossoms appear after            some additional weeks so that a full flowering and            commercial plant will have 6 to 8 bright red spathes.            Smaller blossoms may occur on less mature growth.-   Spadix:    -   -   Size.—Length: 4 cm to 5 cm (depending on flower size). Width            (at apex): 0.9 cm to 1.0 cm. Width (at base): 1.0 cm to 1.2            cm.        -   Shape.—Columnar.        -   Apex.—Rounded.        -   Base.—Truncate.        -   Margin.—Entire.        -   Color.—Immature: RHS 17A (yellow-orange). Mature: RHS 158B            (white). Ages to: RHS 138A (green).-   Flowers:    -   -   Quantity per spadix.—200 to 280.        -   Spadix flower arrangement.—Bisexual, rounded in            cross-section.        -   Shape.—Rounded.        -   Size.—Length: 0.1 cm to 0.2 cm. Diameter (max): 0.2 cm.        -   Color.—RHS 158B (white).-   Reproductive organs:    -   -   Stamens.—Not visible.        -   Pollen.—Abundant.        -   Pollen color.—RHS 156D (white).        -   Pistil.—Quantity: Many. Length: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:            RHS 156D.        -   Style.—Not observed.        -   Stigma.—Shape: Ovoid. Diameter: Less than 0.01 cm. Color:            RHS 155D (white).        -   Ovary.—Rarely visible.        -   Ovary color.—RHS155D (white).-   Fruit and seed set: Seed production has not been observed to date.-   Disease and insect resistance: No particular resistance or    susceptibility that is different from other Anthurium varieties.

COMPARISON WITH PARENTAL AND COMMERCIAL CULTIVARS

‘Antholyl’ differs from the female parent ‘Anthepedi’ (U.S. Plant Pat.No. 18,644), by having bigger, slightly undulated leaves, bigger spathesand a more erect plant habit, while ‘Anthepedi’ is more compact withsmaller not undulated leaves.

‘Antholyl’ differs from the male parent ‘99-1878-02’ (unpatented), bynot having flowers with green ears (lobes) at the base of the spathe,while ‘99-1878-02’ has flowers with green ears (lobes) at the base ofthe spathe.

‘Antholyl’ is similar to the commercial variety ‘Anthabudon’ (U.S. Plantpatent application Ser. No. 12/157,534), however, there are differencesas listed in Table 1 below:

TABLE 1 Comparison of characteristics between ‘ANTHOLYL’ and‘ANTHABUDON’ Characteristic ‘ANTHOLYL’ ‘ANTHABUDON’ Spathe texture Veryslightly blistered Blistered Cataphyl color RHS 146B (green) with a RHS184A (Purple-Red) (outside) small reddish tip or rim (RHS 181D) Leaftexture Shiny, leathery, thick and Shiny, leathery, thick, slightlyundulated weakly undulated Peduncle RHS 146B at unrolling of RHS 146D atunrolling of spathe, slowly turning spathe, slowly turning brown RHS166C when brown RHS 166A when the spathe matures spathe matures

1. A new and distinct cultivar of Anthurium plant, named ‘Antholyl’, asshown and described herein.